There is outrage among some parents in California’s Bay Area as 14 children were given the wrong amount of COVID-19 vaccine this past Saturday.
At least two kids were given double the recommended dose at a Sutter Health pediatric vaccine clinic in Antioch, California, officials say.
“I’m here tonight to report my story because it’s unacceptable; you expect your medical professionals to give you correct doses,” parent Denise Iserloth said.
Denise and her husband Shawn’s eight and 11-year-old children were among the kids given the wrong amount of coronavirus vaccine.
“They absolutely failed my children and the other 12 children involved,” Denise said.
Sutter Health issued a statement that 14 patients were given an incorrect amount of diluent, saying in part, “As soon as we learned of this, we contacted the parents and advised them of CDC guidance in this situation.”
Denise says she was told, but that came nearly 10 hours later and after her older child fell down twice.
“We would have assumed that there was more in place to prevent this from happening, but obviously at this place there wasn’t,” Shawn Iserloth said.
“I understand the mandate, I tried to comply with it, and my children now have been given a double dose and I don’t know the long-term side effects,” Denise said.
The Iserloths, whose children were both home sick Monday with bad stomachaches, say their two children were given 20 micrograms of dosage instead of the recommended 10. They’re now very concerned about any long-term effects, but Dr. Peter Chin-Hong of UCSF says the kids should be OK.